Hose-supporter



STATS rn'r CHARLES .A. LTNDQUIST -AND ERIC ".V. LINDQUIST, OF DES MOINES, IOWA, AS SIGNORS,

BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO-QUPEE HOSE SUPPORTER COMPANY, OF EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSI1\T,- AL CORPDRATIONYOF WISCONSIN.

HGSE-SUPPORTER.

Specification: of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 4, 192 1.

Application filedJ'anuary 24, 1920. Serial No. 353,809.

To all-whom it'may concern:

"Be it known that' we, CHARLES *A. LIND- QUIST and'EmoV. LINDQUIST, citizens of the United States of America, and residents of Des Moines, Polk county, Iowa,have invented a new and useful Hose-Supporter, of which the following is a specification.

The object of, this invention is to provide an improved, construction for. hose supporters.

A further object of this invention is'to provide an improvedhose supporter adapted to be sus ended from a garment or in any other suitable manner and-provided with means for gripping and securely holding a stocking'in such manner'as not to'tear or otherwise injureeven the daintiest fabric.

A further object of this inventionis to provide improved hose-gripping means which is simple and cheap ofconstruction,

' easily attached and detached "and adapted ber.

to providea broad and secure griplon the fabric without injury thereto.

Our'invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out in our claim and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a hose-supporting device embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevationof .the same. .Fig. 3 is a front view of the base member of the gripping devices, detached, and Fig. 4 isa similar'viewof the coacting grippingmem- In the construction of the device as shown a suitable flexible supporting or suspending member is employed which may be formed of fabric, light leather or any other suitable material such as is ordinarily employed for such purpose. The suspending member is inthe vformof a strap. and isso arranged and folded upon itself as .to'form an upper loop 10, a "rear or base 'loop11below said upper loop, and a front loop 12 of less length than and arranged parallel with and in front of said base loop. The front loop 12 and base loop 11 are connected at their upper ends, and separated from the top loop 10, as by parallel rows of cross stitching 13, so that said front loop is free to swing away from the base loop at its lower end at times. A base plate 14 is provided and is slightly wider than the strap from which the loops are formed and. said. base plate is se ured. to.

the base loop 11. The base plate 1 1 preferably is'formed with parallel slots 15, 16 ad1acent its upper and lower margins respectively, through whichthe front member of the base loop 11 is passed in sequence, so that said base plate is permitted a sliding movement throughout the length of the loop Between its upper and lower margins the base plate 14 is formed with an outstanding stud member 17, preferably extending entirely across said plate. At its outer end the stud member 17 is formed with an upwardly extending'fiange or rib 18 and with a down Wardly extending flange or rib 19 of greater length than said flange or rib 18. The flanges or ribs 18, 19 are in the same vertical plane and parallel with the base plate 14. It is to be understood that in the use of the words upwardly, downwardly and the like it is assumed that the device is in normal position of use. The base plate 14: and stud member 17 with its flanges 18, 19 maybe formed integrally from metal by stamping and pressing, or may be constructed in any other suitable manner. A clamping member 20 is provided and preferably is formed of a flat plate of metal, or if desired may be bent from wire, or otherwise suitably constructed. The clamping plate or member 20 is formed with a transverse slot 21 adjacent its upper margin and with a relatively wide rectangular opening 22 parallel with, and beneath said slot. The clamping plate 20 is suspended from the forward loop 12 of the supporting strap, said loop passing through the upper slot 21 of said. plate. Upward movement of the clamping plate on the loop 12 may be limited by a row of cross stitching 23. The width of the rectangular opening 22 of the clamping plate, vertically, isgreater than the width or thickness of the stud member 17 but less than the distance from the uppermargin of the upper flange'18 to the lower margin of the lower flange 19 thereof. The length of the clamping plate 20, transversely, is somewhat greater than that of the base plate 14, so that the transverse length of the opening 22 of said clamping plate may be somewhat greater than the transverse length of the stud member 17 and its flanges. The clamping plate 20 is adapted to engage the stud member 17 of the base plate as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Since the opening 22. of the base plate is of less vertical width than the combined width of' the fianges of the stud member,'it follows that the operation of engaging or disengag ing the clamping plate cannot be effected by straight inward or outward movement of said clamping plate while it remains'par-- allel with the base plate, but that said clamping plate must be oscillated or tilted some- -what to effect either of such operatlons. For instance to engage the clamping plate with the base plate said clamping plate is grasped between a thumb and finger and tilted outwardly at its upper'endand the lower part of said clamping plate is caused to "engage over the long lower flange'l Then the clamping plate is moved upwardly platezmay move downwardly slightly until the upper margin of the opening 22 contacts the upper face ofthe studmember 17. In

this position the lower margin of the opening 22- is spaced slightly below the lower face of the stud member 17 but 1s 1n a henzontal plane somewhat above the plane of the lower margin ofthe flange 19 In practical use the parts are assembled as shown and described and the strap supportingmember maybe suspended by its upper looplO' in any common or suitable ber 17 and the margins of the opening 22 'manner as from a garter, corset, supporter waistor other similar member. The clamping member 20 being disengaged fromthe base plate, the upper portion of a hose or stocking to be supported is laid across the outer end of the stud member and the clamping plate is adjusted to engaging position as previously set forth, portions of the stocking being engaged between stud memof the clamping plate and securely held by such engagement. When it is desired to disengage the device the clamping plate is;

first moved upwardly until the upper margin of the opening 22 clears theupper margin of the topfiange. 18, thenthe upper part of. the clamping plate is swungvoutwardly away from the base plate, and the lower part of said clamping plate is disengaged from'the stud member by downward'and outward movement away from the lower flange 19.:

The base and clamping plates preferably are made relatively broad or long transversely so that a considerable portion of the hose is engaged; but it is to be understood that the device may beof any suitable size, and that any desired number may be used conjointly. The broad gripping surfaces, which preferably are smoothly finished, avoid tearing or undue strain on any por: tion' of the garment, which maythus be securely supported without danger of injury. The integral stud, member 17 may be formed so as not to project outwardly a very considerable distancefrom the-base plate, so that undesirable bunching is eliminated.

We claim as our invention- 7 In a hose supporter having a'fiexible supporting member formed with depending loops one in front of the other, the outer loop being of less length than the inner loop and having an engagingmember formed with atransverse slot, the combination with the longer base loop. of a base plate formed of an integral sheet of metal bent and shaped to produce an outstanding 'stud member transversely arranged and formed at its outer end withupwardlyand' downwardl extending flanges, the downwardly exten ing flange. being of greater 'length than the other, said base plate being formed with one transversely arranged slot only in each end portion, the outer portion of the longer base loop being rove through said slots and overlying end portions of said plate, both ortions of said loop extending longitudina y ofthe inner face of the base plate in contacting parallel relations and crossin beneath said stud, said stud being adapte engaging member on the shorter outer loop, whereby the extremities of said loops are adapted to be detachably. connected, the stud being whollyseparate from and out of contact with the base loop.

Signed at Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, this 3d day of J anuary,1920. p p

CHARLES A. LINDQUI ST. ERIC V. LINDQUIST. 

